Russia: security agent talks press freedom
An international conference on press freedom in Vienna, reports Andrei Soldatov, included a suprising guest: a Russian security service agent.
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Russia: getting away with murder
The unsolved killings of 17 journalists has had a chilling effect on the work of Russia’s press, writes Nina Ognianova
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Chechnya’s rebuilding masks a new wave of repression
The killing of Natalia Estemirova is a sign of the republic’s drift into lawlessness and violence under President Kadyrov, writes Lucy Ash
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Court orders new Politkovskaya probe
The Supreme Court in Moscow has ordered a new investigation into the murder of Novaya gazeta reporter Anna Politkovskaya. The outspoken critic of Russia’s actions in Chechnya was murdered in October 2006.
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